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Box 11-26

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Poetry - handwritten on legal pads, 1930s-1950s

 File — Box: 11-26, Folder: 78-158
Scope and Contents note From the Series: Augustine Bowe wrote poetry prodigiously during his life. This series contains over 50 long yellow legal pads on which friend and colleague John Frederick Nims says Bowe wrote, "night after night, year after year." According to Nims, there are approximately 1500 poems in 50 legal pads, handwritten and typed drafts. Bowe published a few poems in Poetry, but stopped seeking publication of his work when he became president of the Modern Poetry...
Dates: 1930s-1950s